Any fool that shorts the BTC futures will be handed his arse. The futures are dollar-denominated and do not influence the cash market price of BTC worldwide. You cannot take ‘delivery’ of BTC from the futures, and you cannot ‘naked short’ the actual bitcoins. Shorting the futures will NOT influence the cash price of BTC in worldwide trading.
BITCOIN FUTURES STABILIZE AT 8% PREMIUM TO SPOT AS ‘NO BRAINER’ SHORTS FAIL TO APPEAR.
INTERACTIVE BROKERS ALLOWS LONG-ONLY BITCOIN FUTURES TRADING (AT 50% MARGIN)
TALEB WARNS FUTURES TRADERS “NO WAY TO ‘PROPERLY’ SHORT BITCOIN BUBBLE” “CAN’T RULE OUT $100,000”
If anything will blow up, it will be the fiat Futures market… not actual BTC. Great entertainment! Popcorn, anyone?